HOLYSTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does holystone mean? 

• HOLYSTONE (noun)
  The noun HOLYSTONE has 1 sense:

1. a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship

  Familiarity information: HOLYSTONE used as a noun is very rare.

• HOLYSTONE (verb)
  The verb HOLYSTONE has 1 sense:

1. scrub with a holystone

  Familiarity information: HOLYSTONE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOLYSTONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("holystone" is a kind of...):

sandstone (a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.))

Derivation:

holystone (scrub with a holystone)

• HOLYSTONE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scrub with a holystone

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

holystone the ship's deck

Hypernyms (to "holystone" is one way to...):

scour; scrub (clean with hard rubbing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

holystone (a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship)